ac86u

Hello, I'll break my story into 3 parts, history, issue(s) and what I've tried, if you want to skim or just read ahead. My life's story About 8 years ago I started out with an AC68U. I used Asus and Merlin firmware on it. Two years ago when I moved into a bigger place I got an AC86U to put...

Solved... primary firewall issue, not ASUS issue.

Hi all, I recently bought the Asus RT AC86U and have updated to the Merlin firmware. My ISP speeds are 200mbps, and I have speedtest'd on my ISP's router (now a modem - the Superhub 3 from Virgin Media) and achieved 200mbps. This test was done in Router and Modem mode. Changing the ISP to...

Hi There So I have an AC86U running merlin 384.16 I use Airvpn config However I have found an issue which I have contacted Airvpn about who responded with the message at the bottom of this post. basically when I use the following config option including "Push Peer info" the vpn refuses to...

I have an Asus RT AX88U Router with Merlin 384.16 firmware connected to my modem as my main router. I have another AX88U set up in another room as a Media Bridge. This router works fine in media bridge mode with four devices attached to it. The main Router AX88U connected to the modem shows...

Current: Inet->wan-AC68u (ipsec passthrough)-lan ->wan-AX11000gt Hello all, Firstly, I wish everyone safe and well during this time of global worry. Please, could you kindly help me out, I think I know what to do, however I don't want to sway advice with my inexperienced opinion. After 8...

Hi guys, guru, network and problem-solving lovers! I am requesting your help and wisdom here :) I know this question is mostly about topology but my devices are mostly using Asus-merlin and I believe the solution to my questions could be solved using the firmware. My situation is as follows...

Is AES-NI available on all AC86U models? I am asking because the following article suggest that it isn't: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/hardware-acceleration-is-here-for-routers-using-openvpn/ This is my cpu: admin@RT-AC86U-01C0:/tmp/home/root# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor...

Firmware: 384.14_2 Model: RT-AC86U Issues: LAN speed is limit at 200mbps, but my WiFi speed can go up to 100% at 500mbps. There's no NAT Acceleration setting, but HW acceleration shows: Runner: Enabled - Flow Cache: Enabled QoS Settings: QoS Type: **Adaptive** Queue Discipline: **sfq**...

Hello, First thanks for the great work on the Asuswrt-Merlin. Second I plan to use an AC88U running the latest 383.14.0 firmware with an AC86U that will also have 383.14.0. When it says that I need to factory default... Both need to be factory reset?? Or only the AC86U that i'm adding to the...

Hi all, I am new to all of this and need some guidance please. I can connect to my home network from external network via VPN Server (opvn) I set up in the router. The router also have VPN Client (with PIA) set up with selective routing. However, I can only get the VPN Server connection...

Any opinions if one of these are a better choice than the other, for example known issues, current support, regular updates, etc? I can see both have firmware updates available from September, and I see many posts on the 86U, but not much on the 3100. Feature-wise they are pretty close to...

I was running Download Master earlier, but now I'm using Transmission but there's almost no upload when running torrents... The attached HDD is going to sleep very often. My ISP's upload is 30MBit so it is not as bad. If I run QBitTorrent on my laptop the upload is fine. Has anyone same problem?

Hello Everyone, Here's the situation: Asus RT-AC86U (on thee way), plan to flash with Merlin, primary Aimesh router Two RT-68U's, one with Merlin, other stock firmware, Aimesh access points/nodes Netgear CM-1000 Docsis 3.1 modem MaxxSouth 250/10 Mb/s cable Ethernet cable exists from primary...

I am running Merlin 384.13 on an RT-AC86U. I love all the features, DoH, etc. I have a situation which i can't seem to track down which causes the router to lock down forcing a complete reset when it happens. Sometimes when I cycle the power or when it is cycled for me. The router will come...

Experiencing a very strange issue with my RT-AC86U. Everything works great via the 5GHz radio (eth6), but when a device connects to the 2.4GHz radio (eth5), no traffic is routed. The most I see in the logs is that the client associates with the STA, a DHCPOFFER is sent, but no communication ever...

Hello everyone, I am trying to set up the OpenVPN from PrivateVPN.com on my new AC86U with merlin fw. But after I imported the OpenVPN file, added my user and password, it says "Erro - check configuration". Did someone already configure this PrivateVPN service on an Asus Merlin? *The OpenVPN...

Hi all, I'm having issues with my new RT-AC86U which I upgraded to from my old N66U a few weeks ago & would appreciate any help or suggestions. I live in a rural location so can only get ADSL broadband with a 4mb download & 1mb upload speen, nothing fancy but it suits my needs. I decided to...

Hi you all amazing snbforums members! Thank you all for unselfishly helping everybody, and investing your precious time and free will to assist whenever help is needed. I know it's not much coming from one no-body-person, but I just want you all to know there is a lot of us out there who...

After booting/rebooting AC86U my Orico SSD USB-C Case (JMicron Generic) connected in USB 3.0 mode doesn't mount, only manual reconnection works well. USB 2.0 mode of USB 3.0 port or USB 2.0 port works well too. Original ASUS ROM works fine with this case in USB 3.0 mode. Help me please! Thank...